Arles — #12364 US boys' name
210 babies named Arles in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Arles was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Arles in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arles
The Social Security Administration has registered 210 babies named Arles between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arles currently holds the #12364 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arles performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Arles shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arles in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 210 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Arles at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Arles popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1908
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 117 years of records
Currently ranks #12364 among boys.
210 total births across 117 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 11 births in a single year.
Arles popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1928 (Arles as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Arles accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Arles by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 59 births that decade — 28% of Arles's all-time total
Arles decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Arles's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1908–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.